Shoe-turning device.



No. 675,725. Patented lune 4, 190i.

G. B. GARDNER.

SHOE TURNING DEVICE.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1900.)

2 Shoeta$haet I.

(No Model.)

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No. 675,725. a. B. GARDNER.

SHOE TURNING DEVICE.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1900.|

(No Model.) 2 Sheath-Shut 2.

A TTOHNE Y8 WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

GEORGE B. GARDNER, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED J. HASTINGS, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE-TURNING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 675,725, dated June 4, 1901.

Application filed December 81,1900. Serial No. 41,6 95. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Turning Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. p

This invention relates to devices for facilitating the work of turning shoes, which is necessary in connection with certain shoes, during the process of making them.

This specification is a specific description of two forms of the invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a slightly-modified form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ofthe device shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a side view of a holder which .is employed inthe first operation of turning a shoe according to my invention.

I will first describe the construction of the devices involved and afterward I will describe the manner of using them.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a is a table or bench on which is fastened rigidly a vertically-disposed tubular column b, from the, upper end of which projects laterally an arm? 0. Movable vertically through this column?) and projecting through the table a to a point below the same is a bar d, which may be termed a turn-stick. The upper end of this bar above the arm 0 is provided with a laterally and thence upwardly extended army or gooseneck e, fitted at its upper extremity with a corrugated brass roller f. The shank of the gooseneck e is provided with a square stud (see Fig. 2) which is removably and fit into place such a size as will be adapted to the size of the shoe to be turned. The

at the other end with a hand-wheel 17,.

lower portion of the bar d, as best shown in Fig. 2, is toothed and in mesh with a toothed sector 9, connected by a rod h with a treadle t'. The bar (2 and the connected parts assume by gravity the position shown in the drawings, and the bar is raised by the operation of the treadle 'i. A pedestal It is fastened rigidly on the table a and has a nut at its upper end, in which works a screw Z, provided at the end adjacent to the arm 0 with a knob m, mounted loosely on the screw, and This screw Z is movable toward and from the end of the arm e, which is shaped to receive the heel of a shoe, and by forcing the knob m against the heel of the shoe this part of the shoe inay be held rigidly between the parts 0 and m to permit the operation of the bar d with the arm e, as will be hereinafter speci fied.

A modification of this device is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and comprises a bench or table a, with a bar (1 fastened rigidly thereon and standing vertically. This bar 01 is equivalent to the bar 01 in Figs. 1 and 2 and carries a bent arm e and rollerf, the same as before described. Movable freely on the bar 61' is a sleeve 1), which takes the place of the tubular column b and which is provided with an arm 0, similar to the arm 0. Abracket 7c is attached to the sleeve 1) and extends laterally therefrom, carrying at its outer end a nut, in which works a screw 1, provided with a knob m, similar to the knob m, and a wheel 72/,

1 similar to the wheel n. The heel of the shoe is adapted to be clamped between the parts 0' and m by the operation of the screw Z, and the parts 70' and Z are movable freely with the sleeve 19 on the bar d. A strut 10 projects outward and slightly downward from the bracket 70 and carries a transverse bar 70 the ends of which slide freely on standards k mounted on the table and connecting with retractile springs k serving to keep the parts raised, as shown. An expansive spring 11 is mounted. on the bar d and bears under the sleeve 79. to assist the springs 7r. A rod 61 extends loosely through the table and is connected with a lever g, which is operated by a treadle 4) through the medium of a connecting-rod h, as shown.

The shoe holder illustrated in F ig. 5 is mounted on a bench or table a and has a rigid arm 0, terminating in a sort of jaw 0', which works with a similarjawp, formed on the end of a bell-crank lever 19, fulcrumed on the table and held in the position shown in Fig. 5 by a strong retractile spring q. A red 1' is provided for moving the lever 19 against the spring q to separate the jaws 0 and p. The jaw 19 has an extension 192, forming a rest for the shoe and strengthened against the lever 9 by a brace p In the operation of turning the shoe with the devices herein disclosed the lever 13 in the holding device (shown in Fig. 5) is thrown so as to separate the jaws o and p, and the counter of the shoe is placed between these jaws, with the sole bearing on the rest 19 The spring (1 is now permitted to assert itself and return the jaws 0 and p to closed position, whereupon the operator grasps the toe of the shoe and draws it upward and backward toward the shank of the shoe and forces the fore part of the sole through the vamp toward the toe as far as may be possible without great physical exertion. Then the operator shoiild grasp the sole by its sides and turn it over toward himself, thereby turning the heel right side out. This operation leaves the shoe ready forthe turn-stick. The shoeisnowdisengaged fromthe holder and is placed on the turner shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The screw Zis moved up so that the heel of the shoe is clamped between the parts a and m, and the rollerf is engaged with the sole of the shoe when the parts are in the position shown in the drawings. The treadle z' is now operated and the bar (1 is moved upward, thereby forcing the sole of the shoe entirel y through the va mp and turning the shoe in the proper manner. The screw Z may then be retracted and the trea'dle ilil-elcased', thus permitting the removal of the s 0e.

Theform of the turner shown in Figs. 3 ahd 4 is used in exactly the same manner as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and, in fact, the only difierence between these constructions is that the parts are reversed in Figs. 3 and 4, the arin c and the knob m moving instead of the movement of the part e, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

In some work it will not be necessary to force the knob m or m against the arm 0 or 0-; but I have provided this knob so as to enablethe workman to insure rapid and effective work without in any way injuring the shoe, since in some work if the strain of the turning were placed entirely on the counter of the shoe the counter might be disrupted. This is overcome, as will be obvious, by clamping the heel firmly between the parts m and c or m and c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In shoe-turning devices, a turner comprising two essentially parallel arms relatively movable toward and from each other, one of the arms having its end portion turned laterally approximately parallel with the line of said relative movement of the arms.

2. In shoe-turning devices, a turner comprising two relatively movable members, a

transversely-disposed arm carried by one member and adapted td engage the heel of a shoe, and an arm carried by the othermei'nher and extending transversely therefrom and thence longitudinally thereof and adapted to engage the toe of the shoe. I

3. In shoe-turning devices, a turner comprising two relatively movable arms adapted to enter a shoe, and move to turn the same, and a clamping member working with oneo'f the arms to hold the heel rigidly between said arm and the clamping member.

4. In shoe-turning devices, a turner comprisingtwo relatively movable members, an arm carried by one member and projecting transversely therefrom, an arm carried by the other member and projecting first transversely parallel with the first arm and thence longitudinally 'of the member on which the second arm is carried, and a clamping member workingwith the first-named arm to clamp the heel of the shoe between the said arm and the clamping member. I

5. In shoe-turning devices, a turner comprising the combination of a tubular standard, a bar movable longitudinally through the same, a transverse arm carried by the tubular standard, an arm carried by the bar and extending first transversely parallel with the first arm and thence longitudinally of the bar in a direction away from the first arm, and means for moving the bar to separate the arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. GARDNER.

\Vitnesse's:

CHARLES J. HALPEN, FRED J. HASTINGS. 

